From the Feminist Daily News Wire:
US Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), have announced that they expect at least seven new members of Congress to join the CPC and that the CPC will be the largest sub-group of the Democratic party in the 110th Congress. The CPC currently has 64 members, including Representative Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), a supporter of the Afghan Women’s Empowerment Act; openly lesbian Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); and strong women Representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Hilda Solis (D-CA), and Maxine Waters (D-CA). According to The Nation, the CPC will not only be the largest caucus in Congress, but also the most racially and regionally diverse.
Newly elected House Democrats Jerry McNerney (CA), Ed Perlmutter (CO), Bruce Braley (IA), John Sarbanes (MD), Keith Ellison (MN), Carol Shear-Porter (NH), Paul Hodes (NH), and John Hall (NY) are all likely additions to the CPC based on their platforms that resonate strongly with the goals of the CPC, The Nation reports. …
The CPC website is here.
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